HC Deb 26 November 1970 vol 807 c212W
75. Mr. Paget

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether, in the negotiations for Great Britain's entry into the European Economic Community he will seek to ensure that it will remain possible to supply coal to industry at uneconomic and subsidised prices, as a part of his general policy of reducing prices.

Mr. Ridley

The price at which coal is supplied to industry would remain a matter for the National Coal Board on entry into the European Community, and the Board would be required to avoid discrimination much as they are now.